This year's reunion is at Wingfoot Lake State Park, Pinetree Lodge July 13-2025 starting at 11:00 am. If you did not receive a flyer and would like more details, please let me know! (brueggemanreunion@gmail.com is the easiest way). We hope to see you all there! if you'd like to send updates/greetings, I'm happy to pass them along.
Hello, Cousins!
How are you related? Why do you receive reunion invitations? Hopefully this will help.
Clamor and the nine branches
I’m often asked how individuals fit into the tree (especially since some branches haven’t had Brueggemann as their last name for 100 years). We ALL descend from Clamor Ludwig Victor Brueggemann and his two wives. Clamor married Anna Marie Elisabeth Katharina Fricke June 10, 1841 in Hannover, Germany. They had three children: Gerhard (1941); Marie Louisa “Louise” (1846); and Johann Frederick “John Fred” (1850). Anna Marie died April 5, 1854. Clamor married Anna Marie Elizabeth Hermscheips June 10, 1854. Anna Marie Ilsebein (1855) was born in Hannover, Germany, like her older ½ siblings. On September 14, 1858, Clamor, his wife, and four children arrived in New York to start their new lives. The Brueggemann’s settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Anna Louise (1859), Louis Henry (1861), Ernst August (1864), Sophia Katherine (1866) and Johann Martin (1870) joined the brood. He lived until 1909, at which time he had almost 100 descendants.
Branches begat Clans
All nine of Clamor’s children married and had children. Those are our nine BRANCHES. Each branch has CLANS. Clans are named for Clamor’s grandchildren. Though all of Clamor’s grandchildren have passed away, and a few great-grandchildren are still with us. Rev. William Reinhardt (Sophie Branch, Harry Clan) is, as far as I can tell, the oldest living Brueggemann. I believe we have at least 5th-great grandchildren living (Gerhardt Branch, Henry Clan).
I have included a table showing the branches (across the top) and clans (under the appropriate branch). I have not included grandchildren who have no descendants. In total, there are 9 branches and 42 clans.
This year we celebrate our family for the 102nd time. The very first reunion was August 31, 1924. Though only 3 of 9 were alive, the grandchildren (all cousins) thought it was important to gather. Our family was close, then. I have letters that give a great picture. As always, some were closer than others, but there was definitely a sense of unity for our family.
PS As always, I’m happy to update any addresses and if any of our cousins do not receive an invitation, I do not have their address!
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